Hannah Expands Her Interests

Hannah likes to bring me a book, then climb up on my lap for me to read it to her. We generally read every one of her board books at least once per day. We read her favorites like "Noah and the Ark," "Bubbles, Bubbles" (which she calls "Buh-boh, buh boh!"), and "Bunny and Me" at least three times each. Sometimes I hide "Bunny and Me" so I can get a break from it. Is that so wrong?

Today Hannah managed to dislodge one of the adult books from the shelves, in spite of our having packed them in super tight to prevent her accessing and ripping them. I looked up to see what book she was bringing me for reading time, and was surprised that she offered, "The Historical Atlas of Russia." She demanded that I read it to her, so I did. I picked a part at random, and we read three pages about the Russian conquest of the Caucasus region. I trust we were both edified and enlightened. Hannah then carried the book around and spent a fair portion of the afternoon perusing maps of Russia and the former Soviet republics, as you can see in the picture below.
These two pictures are just for fun because I can so rarely snap the picture while she's still smiling. Our camera takes forever to TAKE the picture once you press the button, gr. I know, her hair is a mess, but she's cute nonetheless, right?